[Editor’s note: this letter is from the nephew of one of our members. He was on the scene of the devastation in Peru.]
Friends,
I recently came back after spending two days in the earthquake-affected area south of Lima, Peru. I was volunteering for CARE Peru when the earthquake happened, and since then I have […]
by Shuwen N.
[Editor’s note: Shuwen’s reflections on a day working at the Habitat site]
Yesterday was the first Saturday volunteers from local churches working on Valeria D’s home helped out on site. By early afternoon, the cinder-blocks foundations were already cemented into place and the main wood foundation had been bolted into place so it was […]
by Wieland V.
[Editor’s note: this is the third and final installment of Wieland’s reports of his time in America to his home church in Koln-Pesch.]
The Problem with Time
Time is relative. Einstein knew that. But, just a few really understand these abstract physics theories. And America isn’t that far away that I’ll come home more or […]
by Wieland V.
[Editor’s note: This is an article from a current issue of the church’s newsletter in Cologne-Pesch. Wieland translated the article from German into English so that we could share it. He has periodically published letters in his home church’s newsletter about his experience in the United States and with […]
“God is calling our world to hold things in common: air and water, energy sources and fisheries, land and minerals. A call to cooperate, to accept limits, to plan and to manage is not a call to a foolish and ineffective lifestyle. It is a call to the only lifestyle that can sustain us and […]
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